[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road July 7, 2022 7:00 P.M. ]
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AND I OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION TO ORDER TODAY IS THURSDAY, JULY 7TH.
AND KATIE, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT, AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT BOTH SHARE YOLANDA STEVENS AND ERIC STEVENS HAVE BEEN EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING ALSO BY ROOM WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
HAS EVERYONE RECEIVED A COPY OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA AND THE ATTACHMENTS? YES.
I DO NEED TO MAKE ONE AMENDMENT TO THE MEETING AGENDA UNDER OLD BUSINESS.
THAT ITEM SHOULD BE UNDER OLD BUSINESS.
IT WILL BE A FOUR AND THAT ITEM IS, UH, THE DEI HOLIDAY MEETUP.
SO WE'LL JUST NEED TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA MEETUP.
AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? NOT A CHAMP.
WE ACCEPT THE JULY 7TH, 2022 CULTURE DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION AGENDA WITH THE, UM, AMENDMENT.
AND SECOND THAT WE WILL ACCEPT THE AGENDA GIVEN THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, SO THE I'S HAVE IT, UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR OUR JUNE 2ND, 2022 MEETING.
UM, AND ARE WE TABLING THOSE MINUTES? OKAY.
SO, UM, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO TABLE THOSE MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 2ND, 2022 MEETING UNTIL OUR SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THE MINUTES TO THE NEXT DATE OF MEETING.
AND IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AT THAT WE WILL TABLE THOSE MINUTES FOR OUR JUNE 2ND MEETING UNTIL OUR SEPTEMBER ONE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE.
I BELIEVE WHERE'S YOUR FAVOR, MS. SMITH, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND COME TO THE PODIUM.
UM, I DIDN'T COME PREPARED TO SPEAK LIKE I NORMALLY WOULD.
AND SO I'M JUST COMING FROM THE HEART AND THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
SO IF I SAY SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE OR IF I'M NOT PC, CORRECT.
I'M JUST COMING FROM MY HEART.
YOU GOTTA TELL US WHO YOU ARE FIRST.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF HEBREW HEIGHTS SINCE 97.
WHEN MY, MY, MY HUSBAND WAS ACTIVE DUTY AND WE GOT A HUMANITARIAN ASSIGNMENT HERE BECAUSE IT WAS THE CLOSEST PLACE TO OUR HOME STATE.
AND, UM, THE REASON I WANT TO COME AND SPEAK TO YOU, UM, ARE FOR TWO REASONS IT'S TWOFOLD.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
THE SECOND ONE IS ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION.
THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR BEING HERE FOR BEING HERE AS A COMMITTEE AND FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR.
AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AND, UM, MY THOUGHTS AND MY FEELINGS.
AND I WANT YOU, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WISH THAT YOU WERE BEEN AROUND WHEN SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING TO ME BECAUSE I TRULY NEEDED SOMEBODY TO TURN TO, TO TALK TO, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
SO WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UM, OR LIKE I SAID, MY EXPRESSIONS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY TO TURN TO WHEN I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING OPPRESSED AND YES, ME, I FEEL LIKE I WAS OPPRESSED AND I'M STILL OPPRESSED.
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I DON'T HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CITY.I DON'T HAVE A VOICE IN THE CITY BECAUSE I STOOD UP AND I SPOKE ABOUT THINGS THAT I DIDN'T THINK WAS RIGHT.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I FEEL THAT WHILE I SAT UP THERE ON THAT DIETS, MY EXPERIENCES WERE THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, MILITARY COMMUNITIES, COUNCIL.
I WAS THE ONLY ACTIVE REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS REGION ON THAT BOARD.
AND I HAD REQUESTED A TRAVEL TO GO TO THE NLC SUBCOMMITTEE IN JUNE OF 2018.
AND THEN I ASKED AGAIN TO GO IN JULY OF 2018 BECAUSE I SAT ON COMMITTEES THAT I NEEDED TO GIVE REPORTS AND I WAS DENIED TRAVEL, AND I WAS DENIED TRAVEL WITHOUT ANY KIND OF MERIT.
BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST MY COLLEAGUES, THEY HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DENY MY TRAVEL THAT IS ONLY WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR ONLY.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE ONLY DISTINGUISHING FACTOR BETWEEN MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES THAT GOT TO GO WAS THAT I WAS THE ONLY FEMALE ASKING TO GO.
AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE DENIED.
AND I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT.
OKAY, LET ME TELL YOU IT DIDN'T FEEL VERY GOOD.
IT DOESN'T FEEL VERY GOOD WHEN YOU'RE HELD BACK AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO EXCEL AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ADVANCE EITHER BECAUSE YOU'RE A FEMALE OR BECAUSE THE STRAIGHT OUT HATRED THAT THE MAYOR HAS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ASKING.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
IF YOU ASK ME IN MY OPINION, I ALSO WANT TO BRING YOU, I WANT TO BRING THE ATTENTION TO TWO APPOINTMENTS MADE IN THIS CITY THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD MAYBE GO BACK AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE SCORING SHEETS.
WHEN YOU HAVE APPLICANTS TO COME INTO THE CITY AND THEY WANT EITHER APPOINTMENT TO A COMMITTEE, A COUNCIL POSITION, IT DOESN'T MATTER, WHATEVER IT IS.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO SITUATIONS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WHERE MINORITY APPLICANTS APPLIED AND THEIR APPLICANTS WERE HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE ANYONE ELSE.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE FIRST EXAMPLE IS WHEN THEY REPLACED ME, WHEN I GOT RECALLED, THEY NEEDED AN APPOINTMENT FOR WAR.
AND WHO DO YOU GET? THE TWO APPLICANTS THAT WERE REVIEWED OR THAT WERE INTERVIEWED WERE ALBERT GRIDS AND DON WEBB.
AND IF YOU STACK THOSE TWO RESUMES NEXT TO EACH OTHER, ALBERT GREG'S RISES HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE MR. WEBB.
NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHY MR. GRIGGS WAS OVERLOOKED.
NOBODY'S ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
WHY IS THAT? AND IT SEEMS TO ME, IT APPEARS, IT APPEARS.
NOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE AESTHETICS OF HOW THIS LOOKS WHEN WE'RE COMING HERE UP HERE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENTS, YOU HAVE FOUR APPLICANTS, TWO ARE DROPPED OFF THOSE TWO.
SO NOW THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE OTHER, THE OTHER TWO, MR. SMITH.
I LOOKED AT THESE RESUMES ONLINE.
I JUST KIND OF SCORED WHAT WE HAD NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
MR. SMITH WAS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND MR. SMITH IS THE ONLY ONE WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING.
AND I, WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID ANSWER.
WHY WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID ANSWER.
WHY NOW I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WHEN MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL USE A $98,000 PAYOUT OR THAT HE WENT TO TOO MANY POSITIONS AND MOVED AROUND.
I TAKE GREAT OFFENSE TO THAT BECAUSE AS A MILITARY MEMBER OR, YOU KNOW, FAMILY, WE MOVED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
COULD YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN LIKE IF EVERY MILITARY FAMILY WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BECAUSE THEY MOVED BECAUSE THEIR JOB TOLD THEM THAT THEY NEEDED TO MOVE.
WE ARE IN A MILITARY COMMUNITY.
THAT IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HIRE HIM BECAUSE HE GOT $98,000 PAID OUT.
WELL, GEEZ, LOUISE, I WANT TO KNOW WHY MY FORMER CITY MANAGER GOT PAID 180 TO WALK AWAY.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE.
AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS OUR COUNCIL'S BUILDING ON STUFF.
AND THEN THEY COME BACK ON AND SAY, GOD, I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT I WAS VOTING ON.
IT HAPPENED WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OR THE RESIGNATION SLASH CONTRACT HAPPENED WITH THE TRASH CONTRACT.
NOW WE'VE GOT THE FIASCO AROUND THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY, WHY ARE WE SO
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DEAD SET AGAINST MR. SMITH? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT.
I WOULD TRULY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW HEARTBREAKING IT IS TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S SO FULL OF? LET'S JUST SAY, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT INCLUSIVE.
AND IF YOU STAND UP AGAINST SOMEBODY OR I'M JUST GOING TO CALL THE MAYOR, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT AS IT IS.
IF YOU SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE MAYOR, THEN YOU HAVE BEEN YOU FOR ME.
AND MY EXPERIENCE I HAVE NOW BECOME THE ENEMY.
WE NO LONGER CAN AGREE AS ADULTS BECAUSE NOW YOU GOT TO DRAW THE LINE.
AND SO I HAD BEEN LOOPED IN AS A LYING RECALL POLITICIAN.
AND I'M TELLING YOU WHAT? I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE I WASN'T LYING.
AND GUESS WHAT? I THINK A LOT OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE WRAPPED UP INTO THE SAME BOAT.
MY LYING BOAT IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
AND AFTER SEEING THE PRESS CONFERENCES, I AM THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED AND I PRAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I PRAY THAT WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AS A UNITED FRONT, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY GROW ON A SOLID FOUNDATION AND NO PUN INTENDED, BUT OUR FOUNDATION IS FLUID.
SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THE THING THAT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW IS THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND POVERTY.
I WASN'T BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN MY MOUTH.
UM, I GREW UP IN PUBLIC HOUSING WITH A SINGLE MOM WHO PUT HERSELF THROUGH COLLEGE.
AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS HERE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A MAP THAT THE CITY PUT OUT ABOUT THE WATER MAIN BREAKS.
OKAY? THIS IS A MAP OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND ALL THAT RED AREA.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THAT'S AN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREA FROM REAL ESTATE.
THIS CAUSE I'M TRYING TO SELL MY HOME.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE.
I CAN'T HANDLE NOT HAVING A VOICE AND NOBODY LISTENING TO ME AND BEING CALLED A LIAR.
WELL, I'M HERE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS ALL SOUTH OF 70.
THIS IS ALL DISTRESSED RESIDENTS.
OKAY? SO THE REASON WHY I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LIVE IN A LOWER INCOME HOME OR AN APARTMENT, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE EDUCATION.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE KNOWLEDGE TO HELP GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED.
AND SOMETIMES EDUCATION IS A FACTOR BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU COME FROM A LOWER INCOME AREA, IT'S HARDER TO GET OUT OF THAT.
THAT MEANS HEALTHCARE IS HARDER TO GET.
SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE WATER MAIN BREAKS FOR THESE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA HAVE INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY SINCE 2019.
AND WHEN I SAY INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY, I'M NOT TALKING JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND SINCE THEN, I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME THINGS.
THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE ON HUBBARD.
NOW, ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS IS WATER.
THIS IS NOT A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY LIVING LIKE IT'S A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY.
THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS WAS LAST YEAR'S TICKETS HAVE NO WATER AND WATER BOIL ADVISORIES.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE'S BEEN SO MANY MORE ADDED TO THIS ONE RESIDENT.
SHE'S HAD 14 WATER MAIN BREAKS IN A YEAR AND A HALF IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE.
14, THAT'S 120 HOURS EACH BREAK ON A BOIL ADVISORY.
THEY'RE UNDER A BOIL ADVISORY NOW, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WATER TO BOIL.
NOW I PURCHASED, UH, UH, A FLAT OF WATER AND ME AND THIS RESIDENT AND ANOTHER PERSON WE WENT OUT AND WE DELIVERED WATER TO THESE PEOPLE.
AND THESE ARE, AND THAT'S WHY I KNOW WHO LIVES THERE.
CAUSE I'VE BEEN KNOCKING ON THEIR DOORS.
THESE ARE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED.
THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO JUST MAKE ENDS MEET.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OR THE TIME TO COME IN HERE AND TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST GOING TO EITHER SHUT THEM DOWN, CALL THEM A LIAR AND SCOOT THEM RIGHT OUT DOOR.
BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME HERE AND TALK BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF RETALIATION.
AND I'M HERE TO SAY, WE GOT TO STOP THIS AS A TEAM.
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AND I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF SUGGESTIONS I CAN GIVE YOU, BUT JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.AND LET'S REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, RATHER THAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT STUFF'S GOT TO STOP.
AND, AND I'M JUST HERE TO TELL YOU THAT.
SO JUST TO SHOW YOU OTHER EXAMPLES, OKAY? NO PROBLEM.
I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
I MEAN, THESE ARE PICTURES OF BIG, BIG HOLES.
SOME OF THEM SINKHOLES, THESE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT LONG WITH JACKHAMMERS AND THEN TRY TO DRAG THEMSELVES OUT OF BED TO GO, TO, TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE TO WORK.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY SAD AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME.
I THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I PRAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND I PRAY FOR YOU ALL.
AND UM, I PRAY THAT THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT GET DISSOLVED AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO SAY.
I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY STORY AND MY PLIGHT, BECAUSE IT CAN HAPPEN TO ME.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE.
AND I FEEL LIKE I'M WATCHING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
MA'AM YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE FAR MORE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE, UM, WHERE THESE WARRANTS ARE OCCURRING, THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING ADDRESSED VERSUS OTHER AREAS.
DO I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE? YES.
THAT'S THAT QUESTION AGAIN? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN WORDS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THERE ARE BREAKS THAT ARE GOING UNADDRESSED? I DO.
AND WHAT I ALSO KNOW IS THAT WE'RE PAVING OVER ROADS THAT DON'T EVEN LAST ONE WEEK BEFORE THE WATER MAIN BREAKS, WE'RE PAVING OVER ROADS THAT HAVE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE THESE AWARDS THAT ARE HAVING THESE REPEATED FOUR, THREE, AND FOUR IS GOING TO BE YOUR WORST WORDS.
THERE WAS A BREAK ON MY STREET THE SAME DAY THEY PAVED IT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CONTRACTOR WAS TELLING ME THAT YOUR, YOUR, UH, WHERE YOU AT, UH, HUBBARD AND STORK FREEBIE.
HE SAID, HE SAID HE WAS THERE ONE DAY.
THEY PAID IT AND HE WAS BACK THE VERY NEXT DAY, DIDN'T EVEN LAST 24 HOURS AND YOU GOT A WATER MAIN BREAK.
NOW THAT'S WASTING TAX DOLLARS MONEY IF YOU ASKED ME, BUT WHO AM I? I'M JUST A BILL LYING POLITICIAN.
SO, AND I'LL LET, UM, OTHER MEMBERS RESPOND, BUT YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS IMPORTANT.
WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE FREQUENT WATER MAIN BREAKS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, AREAS WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF SEWAGE RUN OVER IS, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT TRASH, UM, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND IT'S STILL A FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO AND WE CAN ASK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
I DO FOLLOW A LOT OF POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND I DID SEE THE POST ABOUT HUBBARD TODAY.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, ONCE OUR CHAIR GETS BACK, I WILL DEFINITELY SPEAK WITH HER ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PUT ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND I, I WANT TO JUST SAY TO YOU ALL, IS THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ASKING FOR THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH YOUR MINUTES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME STUFF FOR SOME TIME.
AND I WAS VERY SHOCKED THAT 94% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WHITE AND 6% ARE OTHER, THAT THAT WAS PROFOUND TO ME.
AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT I NEED TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK BECAUSE I WANT YOU GUYS TO HEAR THERE'S, THERE'S MORE, THERE'S MORE STORIES OUT THERE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO, THEY JUST HAVE TO BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME UP HERE AND TELL IT, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN.
ALL OF YOU AND FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS PHENOMENAL.
I USED TO LIVE IN TURKEY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO WHEN I SAW THAT, IT JUST BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF REALLY NICE MEMORIES FOR ME.
SO YOU ALL DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANT TO ASK? OKAY.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN OTTO FOR BEING PRESENT.
UM, MS. ADOT BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND I'M SORRY.
KAREN, WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? KAREN
THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT TONIGHT.
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AND MS. SMITH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WELL.NOW I DO HAVE COMMITTEE REPORTS ON HERE, BUT JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE CHANGED THE CADENCE OF OUR MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, AS OF JULY, WE ARE NO LONGER DOING COMMITTEES.
UM, SO NOW WE ARE DOING WHAT IS CALLED TASK GROUPS.
SO IF THERE'S A TASK THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON, WE COME TOGETHER AND WORK ON THAT TASK TOGETHER.
SO ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TONIGHT WOULD BASICALLY JUST BE UPDATES FROM CULTURE WEEK, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING OR FUTURE EVENTS THAT COMMITTEES THAT ALREADY HAVE PLANS.
UM, THEY CAN REPORT THAT AT THIS TIME IF THEY NEED TO.
SO I WILL JUST MAKE A GENERAL ASK.
ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REPORTS? OH, FUNNY.
WELL, FIRST, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY DURING CULTURE WEEK.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN.
UM, AND, AND I THINK YOU ARE ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, UM, IN MANY CASES AGGRAVATION AND, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT AS WELL.
UM, AND WE DID NOTICE THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW OF YOU WHO WERE PRESENT AT ALMOST EVERY ONE OF OUR EVENTS, UH, THAT WE PUT ON FOR THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING, UH, THE JAZZ CONCERT, THE, THE HEALTH FAIR, UH, THEN TUESDAY WE DID THE, UM, THE FINANCIAL LITERACY PIECE, UM, WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND, UM, THURSDAY RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, WHICH IS FOR WHATEVER REASON, ALWAYS A GOOD TIME.
UH, I CAN SEE US DOING A PART THREE OF THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S IT IT'S LIKE THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, TH THE EASIER IT BECOMES, UM, AND, AND, UM, NOT TO GET TOO NERDY ON YOU, BUT WHEN WE START BRINGING IN THEORIES LIKE THE GORDON ALLPORT THEORY, THE CONTACT HYPOTHESIS, THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER, THE MORE WE CAN SEE THE, UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM, UM, AS A COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND OF COURSE THE CULTURE FESTIVAL, UH, WHICH KIND OF CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE.
THERE'S A LOOSE DOG WALKING AROUND OUT THERE, BUT, UH, THE, UM, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE, UM, JUST EATING AND HAVING, HAVING FUN, WATCHING THE, THE, THE MANY, THE ACTS AND, AND THANK YOU TO RHONDA, ESPECIALLY OUR, UM, STAND IN MC UH, DJ, WANT TO BEAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE IT, AND WE'VE ALREADY BLOCKED OFF SOME DATES NEXT YEAR, STARTING, I THINK, ON THE 18TH.
AND, UM, JOSH HAS A, UH, KING HAS ALREADY, UH, BOOKED THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, SO IF WE WANT TO DO SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO COMPETE FOR THE SPACE, THEY'RE ALREADY, THEY'RE ALREADY BOOKED OFF IN THE EICHELBERGER AS WELL FOR BOTH OF THOSE TO BOOKMARK BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I GOT, OH, WE DID A, A WRAP UP MEETING, UM, THIS WEEK.
AND, UM, WE HAVE SOME LESSONS LEARNED AND WE'LL BE, AND I NEED TO TYPE THESE UP.
I'VE BEEN SO BUSY IN THE LAST WEEK.
UH, I WAS NOT EXPECTING ALL OF THIS WORK AT WORK, MY REAL JOB.
AND, UH, W W I'LL GET THAT TYPED UP AND SEND THAT, SENT THAT OUT TO EVERYONE.
AND I'M ON G MAY I HAVE SOME NOTES AND WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF COLLABORATE ON A CONSISTENT DOCUMENT TO SEND OUT TO EVERYBODY.
SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET ON EARLY FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE OUTREACH.
AKINS KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, I CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY YOU DR.
AKINS AND CAUSE WE WERE A COMMITTEE OF TWO FOR A WHILE UNTIL MISTAKE, YOU KNOW, CAME ABOARD.
BUT THE WHOLE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE ALL SHOULD BE TRULY PROUD OF OURSELVES BECAUSE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I'VE BEEN IN HEBREW HEIGHTS FOR 32 YEARS, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS AND BROTHER AND I, AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A WEEK LIKE THIS IN THE 42 YEAR HISTORY, 43 YEAR HISTORY, ALMOST OF PEOPLE HEIGHTS.
SO DEFINITELY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO BECAUSE AS THIS CITY BECOMES MORE DIVERSE, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND CELEBRATE IT MORE, UM, TO ALL OF THE
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SPEAKERS THAT CAME, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PHENOMENAL.UM, MR. RON JACKSON AND MR. DWIGHT, DEWBERRY THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT DID OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY SEMINAR.
AND THEN OF COURSE ON THURSDAY, WHEN WE HAD THE PART TWO OF THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FORUM, WHICH PERSONALLY I FEEL WHEN YOU CONTINUE THAT RACISM IS NOT GOING AWAY, THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD.
YES, IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE CHANGE IN OUR SOCIETY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE TIMES, UM, AGAIN, MR. RON JACKSON, HE SPOKE AGAIN FOR THAT SESSION, MRS. TAYLOR CURTIS, AND DR.
SONIA HUNT, PHENOMENAL AS THEY TALKED ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF RACISM, SUCH AS THE SOCIAL ASPECT, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC.
AND OF COURSE, TO THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, MR. OTTO, MR. SHAW, AND MS. BECKER WHO PHYSICALLY WERE THERE AND OTHER MEMBERS KNOW THAT DID WATCH VIRTUALLY ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HOPE TO HAVE MORE OF A DISCUSSION ON THAT RESOLUTION AS FAR AS COURSE OF ACTION THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP ON, ON THOSE SEVEN SECTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION.
AKINS ALREADY STATED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A WRAP UP SESSION, WE TALKED ABOUT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, LESSONS LEARNED.
AND ONE OF THE THING THAT WE DID MENTION THAT, UM, MADAM CHAIR BROUGHT UP THAT THAT WAS GOOD.
WE NEED TO HAVE WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION FOR ALL EVENTS.
AND I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, MADAM CO-CHAIR, WE NEED CONSENSUS IN TERMS OF RECORDING OUR EVENTS.
OUR SPEAKERS WANT US TO DO THAT FOR OUR FORUM ON THAT TUESDAY.
ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TOLD ME PERSONALLY THAT WE CAN NOT BE CAUGHT HIS PORTION.
SO RESPECTFULLY I HONORED THAT REQUEST.
SO SOME TYPE OF CONSENT FORM, WE NEED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT, UM, AVAILABLE.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE ALL NEED TO REALLY BE PROUD OF WHAT WE DID OF THIS MAGNITUDE OF THIS COMMISSION.
THAT'S NOW TWO YEARS OLD APPLICANT BOARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND WITH YOU AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT ALSO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND JUST PRESS ON AND MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH PERFORM.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO UPDATE FROM CULTURE WEEK OR FROM, I GUESS, PRE CHANGING OUR FORMAT? YEAH.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE GETTING INTO AS A GROUP, MOVING FORWARD, A COUPLE OF THINGS UNDER REFORM.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
ONCE WE PUT THESE THINGS BACK TOGETHER, UH, DOING SOME FORMS THERE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, UM, AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF TOP FIVE TOPICS THAT WE'RE LIKE TO START WITH AND THEN TRY TO EXPAND FROM THAT WOULD BE, UM, HELPING THESE KIDS KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.
SO WHEN THEY ARE ENGAGED IN, UH, YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.
UH, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE TOPIC OF BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER, WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TOP FIVE CRIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH YOUTH.
UM, THINGS LIKE KIDS DON'T KNOW THAT REALLY SEXTING IS A FEDERAL CRIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET CONVICTED OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TOP FIVE ITEMS, CRIMES, UH, THAT ARE YOU FOR FACING, AND REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE AND ALL FIVE OF THOSE, AND THEN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE OF THAT.
THEN WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO WRAP IT UP WITH A KIND OF THING WHERE IF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS KNOW STUFF IS GOING ON, BUT DON'T SAY NOTHING, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY IS THINKING ABOUT SHOOTING OR SOMETHING OF SOME FORT, YOU KNOW, SORT TO BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THE PROPER CHANNELS ON HOW THEY CAN VOICE THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THOSE TWO FOREARMS, UM, FOR THE STUDENTS WHEN THEY GET BACK IN THE FALL.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WITH ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
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FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2022 AND MOVING FORWARD IN 2023 IS BUILDING COALITIONS.AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT A WHOLE LOT, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO US BUILDING COALITIONS WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
WE'VE GOT WONDERFUL NONPROFITS IN THE CITY.
WE'VE GOT WONDERFUL LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH US TO SPONSOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS.
SO AS YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING BEGIN TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH SOME OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS, SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES AND HOW WE CAN BRING THEM ON BOARDS SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND BUILD THOSE STRONG COALITIONS ADVOCACY.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? I THINK IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM.
CO-CHAIR THERE WERE TWO OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO, UM, MENTION.
UM, I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS PERSONALLY TO MR. JOSH KING, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WITH THIS PAST WEEK, BUT DURING THE TIME THAT THE COMMISSION WAS FORMED, ALL OF THE FORUMS THAT WE HAD AT THE HEAP HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER, HE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT THAT FACILITY WAS AVAILABLE TO US.
SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE ON RECORD APPRECIATION TOWARDS HIM AND ALSO SERGEANT FORESIGHT, WHO ASSISTED US WITH THE LOGISTICS FOR THE FINANCIAL LITERACY FORUM ON THAT TUESDAY.
AND FINALLY, I DID NOT MENTION COUNCILMEN AND LYONS WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE, UM, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FORUM.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ALSO ON RECORD TOO.
AND ALSO, UM, I HAVE TO GIVE OUR CITY STAFF KUDO.
I MEAN, I HAVE TO GIVE IT UP FOR KATIE BECAUSE KATIE, KATIE WAS THERE FOR BOTH FESTIVALS.
AND I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND YOU WILL HAVE A LOT TO DO THERE IN THE WEEK.
SO COMING OUT TO A FESTIVAL IS HOT AND IT'S ON A SATURDAY AND I KNOW KATIE'S KIDS WERE DOING SOCCER OR SWIMMING OR SOME SPORT AND HER HUSBAND WAS THERE, SO SHE COULD BE HERE.
SO, AND THEN KAREN POWELL WAS ON HER VACATION.
SHE CAME OUT, UM, CHIEF, NICELY CHIEF LIGHT IN THERE.
I MEAN, WE SEE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL AND WE RECOGNIZE IT ISN'T SACRIFICED.
UM, SO I KNOW, DID YOU HAVE SOME HERDS? OH YEAH.
SO, AND, AND THE OTHER COUNCIL, UM, THAT WAS PRESENT, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S BEEN SAID NUMEROUS TIMES THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE, BUT AT THIS TIME I DO WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND YOUR LIFE HERE, UM, WORKING WITH YOU ALL IS, I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A DYNAMIC TEAM.
I FEEL LIKE WE WORK WELL TOGETHER.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER FOR GROWTH TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THINKING THE SAME LOOKING THE SAME IS NOT, IT'S NOT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET GROWTH.
SO EACH ONE OF US UP HERE, WE WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER, BUT WE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINKERS.
SO, UM, AND THEN BY ROMANTIC BLAST, I WAS SO GLAD TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD BECAUSE HE IS LOADS OF FUN.
UM, HE KEEPS THOSE LAUGH AND ASKED US, MISS CARLA DOWN THERE ON THE END.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY WITH YOU ALL.
UM, SO JUST THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, CULTURE WEEK RECAP.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT SO FAR.
WHAT I KIND OF WANT TO DO IS JUST ASK EACH PERSON TO TAKE TWO OR THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU WOULD, JUST TO SAY MAYBE ONE OR TWO OVERALL TAKEAWAYS THAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM CULTURE WEEK, WHETHER IT WAS A FAVORITE PERFORMANCE, SOMETHING SAD BY A PANELISTS THAT WARM CHAIRMAN SIZE THAT YOU GOT.
UM, SOMETHING MAYBE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY AS A
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RESULT OF SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD.SO IF EVERYBODY COULD KIND OF JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND JUST GIVE A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS FROM THE WEEK, WE'LL START WITH MR. RICHARDSON, SINCE HE'S SMILING UM, IN BETWEEN MY TRAVELS, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A COUPLE OF EVENTS AND, UM, I WOULD SAY NUMBER ONE, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
CAUSE THEY WERE ALL, EVERYTHING WAS HELPFUL.
UM, I MADE IT TO HEALTH FAIR AND FINANCIAL LITERACY.
UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THE SPEAKERS.
UM, THERE WERE SO MANY TAKEAWAYS, I DON'T KNOW, UM, PLAN, PLAN, PLAN.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS ONE AND FROM THE HEALTH FAIR, UM, TOWARDS THE END, WHEN ERIC DID HIS PRESENTATION ON NUTRITION, THERE WAS A, I HAD A LOT OF TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT, JUST SUGAR CHOLESTEROL, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR AS FAR AS HEALTH.
UM, BUT I THINK FROM, YOU KNOW, MY TWO EVENTS, I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO MAJOR TAKEAWAYS.
I THINK I WOULD SAY NUTRITION.
AND THEN FOR THE FINANCIAL LITERACY, IT WAS JUST PLAN, PLAN PLAN.
SO I JUST HAD OUR MEETING, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD WHAT I FINANCIAL PLANNER, UH, YESTERDAY.
SO I THINK THAT WAS, UH, AN ACTION ITEM THAT CAME AWAY AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, SET IT UP.
I, UM, I'M IN IMMENSELY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS GROUP AND TO HAVE PULLED OFF FIVE EVENTS IN ONE WEEK AND NINE PEOPLE.
AND WE WERE DOWN TO SEVEN PEOPLE FOR A LOT OF THAT.
SO THE FACT THAT WE PULLED IT OFF, UM, THEY WERE AMAZINGLY ATTENDED EVENTS, ESPECIALLY THE SUNDAY, SATURDAY.
UM, I THINK WE CAN ONLY GO UP FROM HERE.
THERE ARE SOME TAKEAWAYS, BUT THIS CAN GET BIGGER AND I THINK IT'LL GET BETTER.
UM, I THINK THAT HEALTH WORKSHOP ON THAT MONDAY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT TAKING IT OUT OF THAT WEEK CAUSE WE WERE ALL SO EXHAUSTED AFTER THE EVENTS, BUT I REALLY DO THINK IN HINDSIGHT THAT WEEK IS IMPACTFUL TO DO IT ALL IN ONE WEEK.
I KNOW IT IS A TON OF WORK ON US AND WE ARE ONLY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS.
I'M A SINGLE PARENT AROUND A SINGLE PARENT.
WE BUSY PEOPLE, I GET IT, BUT IT'S IMPACTFUL.
AND I THINK PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SEEING THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND THAT THEY'RE SEEING THE CHANGE THAT CAN BE MADE.
AND I THINK THE CHANGE IN SHIFT, IN VIEWPOINT, COMING FROM EDUCATION AND COMING FROM EXPERIENCES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAME INTO THE COMMISSION SAYING CULTURE IS, IS TASTED AND TOUCHED AND EXPERIENCED.
AND YOU CAN'T BE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN EXPECTING TO UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY ELSE'S CULTURE.
YOU HAVE TO BE IMMERSED AND YOU HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THEIR CULTURE AND NOT COME IN WITH OUR WORLDVIEWS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE TAINTED AT THIS AGE WITH THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD WE'RE LISTENING TO OR COMES FROM ALL ANGLES.
SO WHEN YOU EXPERIENCED CULTURE AND YOU COME TO PEOPLE, TO PEOPLE, ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF GOES AWAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE BIG CHANGE IS GOING TO BE MADE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND SO I, I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW THANKFUL I AM TO BE A PART OF THIS GROUP AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING.
I'M SO PROUD OF US AND THE FACT THAT, I MEAN, IT KICKED OUR TAILS.
IT WAS HOT AND I'M OUT OF GOT A LITTLE SUNBURN EVEN WITH ALL THE SUNSCREEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I'M PROUD OF US.
I THINK WE CAN JUST KEEP DOING THESE THINGS, KEEP DOING THESE EVENTS AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT IN SIX MONTHS.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE IT IN THE NEXT YEAR, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT AND IT'LL TRICKLE DOWN EVERYWHERE.
WELL, THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS, SO MANY THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND AS I STATED EARLIER, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THIS COMMISSION FOR WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE CITY.
AND I CANNOT SAY THAT ENOUGH, BUT ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS, WELL TO THE FIRST ONE WAS DURING THE RACISM AS A PUBLIC
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HEALTH CRISIS FOR HIM WHERE MS. TAYLOR CURTIS DID THAT FIVE FINGER EXERCISE.AND BASED ON THE AUDIENCE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS DIFFERENT, UH, COURSE GENDER AND RACE.
AND THE QUESTIONS THAT SHE ASKED YOU CAN SENSE WHO WAS AFFECTED BY IT.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKED WAS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS ONE OUT OF FEW IN THE ROOM? WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS BEING THE ONLY MINORITY, WHETHER IT BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, ASIAN, YOU KNOW, HISPANIC, AMERICAN, UM, DO YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LOOK WHEN YOU'RE IN CORPORATE AMERICA? YOU KNOW, I DEALT WITH THAT EARLY ON IN MY CAREER IN CORPORATE AMERICA AND JUST TO SEE HOW MANY FINGERS WENT DOWN.
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, YOU KNOW, INTERACTIVE AND ENLIGHTENED TO SEE THAT THERE TRULY ARE DISPARITIES.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS IN ORDER TO COME WITH GOOD CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, OF COURSE THE HEALTH FAIR, YOU KNOW, HEALTH IS ONE OF MY PRIORITIES.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY PASSIONS AS LOT OF YOU KNOW, I LOVE TO WORK OUT AT FIVE IN THE MORNING, FIVE IN THE MORNING, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, EIGHT, O'CLOCK WHEN I WOULD HAVE ON SATURDAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS GOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, MADAM VICE-CHAIR, SHE INVITED A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OURS.
WHO'S ACTUALLY MY PERSONAL TRAINER, MR. VIRGIL CARTER FROM EXPRESS FITNESS STUDIOS TO DO A ONE HOUR FITNESS DEMO.
AND THE STUFF THAT WE WERE DOING, I'M USED TO DOING THAT ALL THE TIME.
BUT TO SEE ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS, WHICH WAS AN 82 YEAR OLD WOMAN DOING STUFF THAT HALF OF US WOULD EVEN CONSIDER DOING, BUT THAT TOLD ME LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CANNOT TAKE OUR HEALTH FOR GRANTED BECAUSE IF WE DO, WE WERE ABLE TO DO WORK SUCH AS FIT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I ENJOY THE DYNAMIC OF US COMING TOGETHER AS A GROUP.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRULY THANKFUL AND PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO REFLECT HUBER HEIGHTS FOR THE CITY THAT WE ARE IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO KEY HIGHLIGHTS.
MY FIRST TAKEAWAY WAS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN ALL OF THOSE BABIES GOT UP ON THE STAGE AND WERE DANCING WITH ME, DO YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT? DID YOU SEE THAT WHEN THE BABIES ARE ON THE STAGE AND THEY GRABBED MY HAND, THEY DON'T KNOW ME FROM ADAM, BUT IT JUST REMINDED ME THAT KIDS DO NOT KNOW HATE.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE UGLINESS THAT WE SEE AND EXPERIENCE IT'S TAUGHT.
THEY DIDN'T CARE WHAT GENDER I WAS.
THEY DIDN'T CARE WHAT MY SEXUALITY WAS.
THEY JUST WANTED TO HOLD MY HAND AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DANCE I WAS DOING, BUT I WAS TELLING THEM TO MOVE AND THEY JUST MOVED.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW CHILDREN ARE JUST LIKE SPONGES AND THEY WILL TAKE IN WHATEVER WE GIVE THEM.
AND I WENT HOME AND I TOLD MY KIDS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, KIDS JUST FLOCK INTO THE STAGE JUST TO DANCE.
UM, AND IF WE COULD JUST EMBODY THOSE SAME ATTITUDES AND JUST DANCE, YOU KNOW, AND NOT WORRY ABOUT ALL THE STUFF THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
SO THAT WAS ONE TAKEAWAY FROM ME.
THE OTHER TYPE OF JAMES DON'T WANT THAT, OR THE LADY AT THE FITNESS DEMO, 80 SOME YEARS OLD, AND SHE WAS EXERCISING AND I WAS TELLING MYSELF IF SHE CAN DO IT, YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXCUSE.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.
WHAT DOES AM I CAN TAKE AWAY? NO, NOT AT ALL.
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EXCUSE ME.HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU? UH, AND UM, I THINK PROBABLY THE, THE THING THAT I LEARNED THE MOST WAS ABOUT THE TURKISH CULTURE, UM, AND THE FILIPINO CULTURE SPEAKING WITH, UM, WITH THEM ON THE PHONE AND THEN BEING ABLE TO INTERACT AND WATCH THE DANCE AND THEN, UM, THAT THEY WERE DOING.
UM, ESPECIALLY I HATE THAT THEY WENT FIRST, RIGHT? THEY WENT IN AT 12 O'CLOCK AND NO ONE WAS REALLY THE FILIPINO GROUP.
NO, ONE'S REALLY PAYING ATTENTION AND I'VE NEVER KIND OF UP THERE.
AND I THINK, UH, BYRON MENTIONED THAT SOME, OUR, UM, OUR FOLLOW-UP MEETING, BUT, UM, UH, I LEARNED HOW, UM, HOW QUICKLY PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES ARE EAGER TO SHARE THEIR CULTURE WITH YOU.
AND, UM, AND THAT WAS NO MORE EVIDENT THAN THE DAY AFTER THAT, THAT SUNDAY.
I WAS UP TO 12,000 STEPS ON SATURDAY AND I'VE BEEN BYRON SAID, HEY, COME SUNDAY.
AND I'M JUST LIKE, COME ON MAN.
BUT, UM, I WAS SO GLAD THAT WE WENT TO, UM, IN, IN JEAN AND, UM, AND YOLANDA, UH, WE'RE ALSO AN END TO FIGHTING.
THE THING THAT REALLY MADE ME LAUGH WAS AS SOON AS I WALKED IN THE ROOM, I NOTICED IT.
AND IT, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO OTHER CULTURES, BUT WE WERE SITTING THERE TALKING AND THEN THERESA SAID SOMETHING.
I SAID, AND I, AND I SAID SOMETHING.
I SAID, I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU GO OVER THERE AND SIT WITH THE REST OF THE WOMEN.
AND SHE LOOKED SOUS LIKE, OH, ANOTHER SITTING OVER THERE.
AND, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY.
AND IT WAS, UM, AND WE JUST DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO STUFF.
UM, AND THAT WAS LIKE REALLY OBVIOUS, RIGHT? AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A GOOD THING.
I'M SAYING, IT'S THEIR CULTURE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A BAD THING.
I'M SAYING IT'S THEIR CULTURE, BUT IT'S JUST STUFF THAT WE DON'T NOTICE.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE LITERALLY STANDARDS AND THINGS STARING US IN OUR FACES AND WE JUST DON'T SEE IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CONDITIONED NOT TO SEE THIS OR NOT TO SEE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS DIVERSITY COMMISSION AS IS, IS GOING TO HELP IN HUBER HEIGHTS, HELP US SEE EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SMACK US IN THE FACE OR AFFECT OUR BOTTOM LINE OR OUR STOCK OPTIONS OR THIS OR THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO HER WHEN I DON'T NOTICE IT.
AND MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST BLIND TO IT.
SO LET'S BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AWARE LET'S PAY ATTENTION AND LET'S SEE EACH OTHER.
SEE, YOU SHOULD HAVE WENT FIRST.
NO, BUT I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, UH, AS I LOOK BACK OVER THE WHOLE WEEK, I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD WEEK.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS GROUP, RIGHT.
I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB, RODNEY.
WE ALL GOT DIFFERENT THOUGHTS.
I KNOW I'M AN ODD BIRD AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
SO, BUT AS I LOOK AT THE WHOLE WEEK, SO, AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY NEEDS WHAT WE DID, THAT'S WHAT STOOD OUT THE MOST TO ME.
BECAUSE WE DON'T TO FRED'S POINT, WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER, WE DON'T KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND SO I THINK A GOOD WAY, MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE PERFECT THING FOR US TO KICK OFF.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M SAYING THE WEEK WITH WAS A GOOD MUSICAL SHOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS WE GROW AND DO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN INTRODUCE SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC, SOME DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART.
SO I THINK WE LAID A GOOD FOUNDATION THAT WE CAN BUILD UPON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ON THAT PIECE.
I THINK THE FINANCIAL PIECE OF IT, UM, MY TAKEAWAY IS I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB WHEN IT COMES TO THE MARKETING AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DO, WE ALL NEED TO KNOW THAT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FINANCES ARE.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT ONE, BUT I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL FOLKS THERE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN GET DETACHED FROM FOLKS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE FORGET THAT ONE PERSON IS WAY OVER THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR THE MASSES.
WHAT IS GOOD FOR THAT ONE? YOU KNOW, I'M A, I'M JUST AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTIAN GUY, YOU KNOW, HEY, ALL HEAVEN REJOICES OVER ONE SOUL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO JUST THAT ONE, YOU KNOW,
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HE'LL LEAVE THE 99 AND GO GET THE ONE, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO, AND I THINK WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS, SOMETIME WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE ONE.SO, UH, I THINK THAT WAS GOOD.
THAT COUNCIL CAME AND SUPPORTED THE, A FORM OF RACISM.
I KNOW DANNY FRIDAY, EASIEST SUBJECT THAT'S OUT THERE AND YOU'RE NOT, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, YOU'RE BRINGING UP NEGATIVE STUFF.
YOU'RE DOING, NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY BRINGING UP NEGATIVE STUFF.
I THINK YOU DO HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE FOREFRONT SO THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS IT AND TRY TO MOVE ON.
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ON DWELLING ON SOMETHING AND PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND SOMETHING BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS FORM WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
UM, MY HOPES IS THAT EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED THAT WALKS AWAY JUST THAT MUCH BETTER.
AND HOW DO I THINK ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN MYSELF.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD WEEK.
I'M NOT A FAN OF DOING THEM ALL IN ONE WEEK.
WE MAY NEED TO SPREAD IT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT THIS GROUP DID IT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF THERE'S A GROUP AND YOUR BRIDES THAT YOU TACKLE AND DO THIS, I BELIEVE IT'S THIS GROUP.
I BELIEVE WE GOT THE DEDICATION TO DO IT.
I BELIEVE WE'RE, UH, STUBBORN ENOUGH.
I THINK WE'RE HARD-HEADED ENOUGH THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA LET ANYBODY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, GETTING ON OUR WAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY.
IF THE FRONT DOOR REIGN OPEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SNEAK AROUND THE BACK DOOR, YOU KNOW, BREAK THE WINDOW AND GET IN.
SO I'M VERY PROUD AND HAPPY OF THIS GROUP.
AND I, I THINK THE MOST THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT YOU MAY TELL US NO, THE FIRST TIME AND THAT'S OKAY.
I'LL FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY, HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BECAUSE I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT US.
IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
FOR ALL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND CHALLENGE EVERYBODY TO THINK JUST THAT MUCH DIFFERENTLY.
SO I WENT LAST, THAT'S IT? I KNOW I'M GOOD.
I DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP, KEEP TALKING CAUSE I CAN'T, THAT'S IT.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING THOSE, UM, TAKEAWAYS.
UM, UM, I'M STILL JUST BASKING IN ALL THE FUN THAT WE HAD AND WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE THINGS THAT OR THOSE RECAPS.
I HAVE ASKED THAT HE EVALUATIONS BE SENT IN NO LATER THAN JULY 23RD FOR THE CULTURE WEEK EVENTS.
THOSE EVALUATIONS HAVE GONE OUT TO CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THEY ARE BEING SENT TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS WILL RECEIVE THOSE BY, UM, JULY THE EIGHTH.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE PREMIER HEALTH AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS DONE.
SO WE WANT TO TOUCH ALL OF THE PIECES, UM, OF THE ATTENDEES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT WENT WELL, WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT DIDN'T GO WELL, WHAT PEOPLE THINK WE CAN IMPROVE AND WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN ERIC, ACTUALLY, HE ALREADY IS IN, SO, OH, HE'S GOT AN PLUS.
I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEAT YOU.
SO WE CAME, LET HIM SHOW US TONIGHT.
SO JUST REMEMBER ANYBODY THAT YOU PERSONALLY INVITED, IF YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THEM AN EVALUATION OR YOU CAN SEND IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU, BUT JUST MAKE SURE THEY GET THOSE BACK, UM, BY THE 23RD SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR SWOT ANALYSIS AND HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT, UM, FOR OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
AND THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS HONORARIUMS FOR ROBIN TAYLOR AND SHAWN BUSH.
NOW THESE TWO WERE MASSAGE THERAPISTS THAT WORKED WITH US DURING THE HEALTH FAIR.
UH, ONE OF THEM ROBIN STAYED FROM 10 TO THREE,
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THE OTHER STATE FROM 10 TO SIX.UM, ROBIN ACTUALLY STAYED FROM 10 TO SIX AND SHE EVEN HELPED US CLEAN UP, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING.
SO WE HAD DISCUSSED HONORARIUMS FOR THOSE VENDORS AT OUR JUNE 9TH SESSION, BUT BECAUSE WE COULD NOT VOTE AT THAT MEETING, UM, WE COULD NOT VOTE ON PAYING THEM.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS POINT IS ACTUALLY VOTE ON THOSE HONORARIUMS. UM, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN SENT DEBBIE AND NINES AND I CAN GET THOSE OVER TO KATIE.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY WOULD COME OUT OF ADVOCACY'S BUDGET SINCE ADVOCACY WAS THE ONE WHO IN ESSENCE BROUGHT FORWARD THE COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR.
AND, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE 135 FOR JOSEPH AND 1 55 FOR ROBIN WHEN THIS DOES REQUIRE A VOTE.
SO, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? YES.
WHAT'D YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UM, SO I GUESS IT'S THE MOTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THOSE HONORARIUMS FOR THOSE TWO, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO KINDA HONORARIUMS FOR ROBIN TAYLOR AND JOSEPH'S BUSH SECOND.
SO IT HAS BEEN SO MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE DO PAY THE HONORARIUMS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 35 FOR JOSEPH BUSH AND 1 55 FOR ROBIN TAYLOR.
KATIE, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? OF COURSE THERE IS THERE, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? JUST THE QUESTION.
WHAT IS, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE 1 55 FOR ROBIN TAYLOR, 1 35.
WHY IS IT A $20 DIFFERENCE? ROBIN STAYED LONGER.
HE WAS WITH US FROM 10 TO THREE.
FROM WHAT TIME ROBIN WAS THERE FROM 10 TO SIX, JOSEPH WAS THERE FROM 10 TO THREE.
SO WE GIVE THEM ROBIN MORE BECAUSE SHE WAS THERE.
SHE HELPED, SHE WAS THERE ALONE.
AND THAT'S NOT FOR CLEANING UP THOUGH RIGHT NOW? NO, NO, NO, NO, BUT JUST MAKING SURE, BECAUSE HE MENTIONED THAT WHEN SHE EXPLAINED WHY.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP, BUT SHE WANTED TO CLEAN UP.
SO IT'S FOR THE SERVICES THAT SHE PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL.
AND ACTUALLY SHE SAW THAT ALL OUR MEN HAD LEFT, SO SHE FIGURED SHE'D GO AHEAD.
AND MY MIC WAS OFF WHEN I SAID THAT.
YES, SHE, SHE, SHE HAS, WELL, I KNOW HER PERSONALLY, THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK IT, IF YOU DIDN'T.
SO ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? OKAY.
KATIE, COULD YOU CALL A VOTE FOR US? YES.
AND THEN, UM, SO KATIE, I WILL GET THOSE W NINES TO YOU AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS THE ADDED AGENDA ITEM, UH, FOR US TO POST A, UM, MIAMI VALLEY DEI MEET UP ON THE NIGHT THAT YOU ALL WENT WITH BYRON TO HIS WEDDING, THE BROTHER'S WEDDING.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING TO A SOCIAL EVENT WITH OTHER AREA DEI GROUPS.
UM, THERE IS AN INITIATIVE CALLED THE MIAMI VALLEY DEI GROUP AND THEY HAVE GATHERINGS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
SO THERE IS A GROUP IN YELLOW SPRINGS.
THERE'S A GROUP IN FAIRBORN, ONE IN BEAVER CREEK.
THERE'S ONE IN SUGAR CREEK THERE THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
AND SO I WANTED TO GO TO TELL THEM ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE WERE DOING IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND SO THEY ALWAYS ARE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GROUP TO HOST THE MEET UP.
AND OF COURSE I VOLUNTEERED US.
SO WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL BASICALLY IS US BEING
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THE HOST FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND WE NORMALLY HAVE A MEAL.UM, AND SINCE IT WILL BE FALL IN NOVEMBER, I FIGURED SOMETHING HOLIDAY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HOLIDAY, LIKE HOLIDAY THING.
SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
CAN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT IT ENTAILS? AND IT WOULD JUST BE COMMUNITY CENTER, US HOSTING US HOSTING AN EVENT AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR GROUPS.
EVERYBODY DOES LIKE A 10 MINUTE REPORT OF WHAT THEIR GROUPS ARE DOING IN THE DEI SPACE.
WE SHARE A MEAL TOGETHER, AND THEN WE PLAN WHERE THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE.
BUT IT KEEPS US ALL IN THE LOOP ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE AREA, AS IT RELATES TO DEI WHAT EACH COMMUNITY, IN TERMS OF EVENTS AND TASKS AND FOCUSES SO THAT WE ALL STAY CONNECTED AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE FROM SURGE, WHICH IS STAND UP TO RACIAL JUSTICE.
SHE IS SOMEONE THAT I MET AT ONE OF THE DDI SOCIAL EVENTS.
SHE CAME TO SUPPORT US AT ANOTHER EVENT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF LADIES FROM GREEN COUNTY VOICES.
SO PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND SHOW US SUPPORT AND HELP US DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THIS WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO MEET THESE INDIVIDUALS FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE OFTEN STAY CONNECTED AND EMPOWER EACH OTHER.
SO BASICALLY THIS WILL BE LIKE A SOCIAL NETWORKING IN THAT PER SE.
AND WITH ANY TYPE OF EVENT, THERE'S COST INVOLVED WITH FOOD AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WHERE WOULD THE FUNDING? AND WE HAVE SOME TIME TO PLAN, BUT WHERE WOULD THE FUNDING COME FROM AND WHAT BUDGET? SO THE WAY THAT THEY DO THE EVENT, WHOEVER HOSTS NORMALLY PROVIDES LIKE THE MEATS AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL BRING A DISH.
SO THE MOST WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WOULD BE THE MEATS OR THE, I SHOULD SAY THE ENTREE.
AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE KIND OF BRING THE, THE SIDE.
IT'LL BE NOVEMBER THAT YOU ALL CAN KIND OF, WE MENTIONED HOLIDAYS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL CAN KIND OF, AND WE CAN ADD A TASK GROUP FOR THEM TO, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT MEETS, WHO WE MAY WANT TO DO OR WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
UM, RESPECTFULLY SHOULDN'T WE HAVE A VOTE, WHETHER THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO IT.
BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT MONITORING.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WHERE ARE EXPECTED.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER? SO THE EVENT THAT I WAS AT AND EVERYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITIES, GROUPS ARE NOT GOING TO COME.
I THINK THERE WAS 20 OF US THERE AND THIS WAS OUTSIDE.
IN NOVEMBER, WE HAVE TO PICK A DATE.
THEY, THEY KIND OF SUGGESTED THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN NOVEMBER ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, THESE EVENTS ARE NORMALLY ON A SUNDAY.
I MAY NOT HAVE A STANDING CALENDAR FOR WHEN THESE EVENTS OCCURRED.
NO, BECAUSE ONCE THEY DECIDE WHO'S HOSTING, THEN YOU KNOW, THE HOSTS WILL KICK THAT DATE OUT THERE.
AND THEN IT'S KINDA LIKE WHOEVER CAN COME COMES, THEY DON'T TRY TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE.
SO, AND I AGREED WITH THEM, MS. PRIVACY, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE OUR NEXT TASK SESSION DISCUSSED THIS AS PRIORITY BECAUSE SHE KNOW AROUND THAT TIME IN NOVEMBER.
THANKSGIVING, OTHER HOLIDAY OBLIGATIONS THAT COME UP.
SO WE DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY GIVE OURSELVES COURTESY, BUT OF COURSE OUR GUESTS COURTESIES IN TERMS OF PLANNING AHEAD.
SO THEY DID SAY, AND IF SOMEBODY COULD LOOK AT THEIR CALENDAR REALLY QUICK 13TH, THE SIXTH OR THE 13TH, YEAH.
THEY MENTIONED
SO YOU ALL COULD, WE CAN VOTE AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO.
AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO THEM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANT TO GIVE IT BACK TO THEM.
SO ANOTHER COMMUNITY CAN POST IT.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO HOST ADVOCACY TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR AND IT JUST NEVER GOT DONE.
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QUESTIONS, SCHOOLS COOKINGSO WE'RE NOT EMBARRASSED THE WHOLE UBERIZE COMMUNITY.
ON HOSTING THE HOLIDAY DEI, MEET UP THE VICE CHAIR.
WELL, IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND, UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR DISCUSSIONS.
DO YOU, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL FOR US? MS. JARVIS, MR. RICHARDSON IS SOMEONE I DECORATE GUNS.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG, SINCE YOU ALL SAID WE NEEDED TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AGENDA, UM, MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY PINK OUT IN PEARLS, OCTOBER 22ND, 2022 DAY OF SERVICE SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
SO THIS INITIATIVE WAS BROUGHT FORTH BY THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, FOLLOWING OUR, UM, HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVE FOCUS FOR 2022 AND BEING THAT OCTOBER BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AS WELL AS MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE THE FOCUS OF OUR MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
SO ACCORDING TO CARMEN HEALTH, AND YOU ALL RECEIVED SOMETHING IN YOUR AGENDA BACK IN THE UNITED STATES IS SUSPECTED THAT ROUGHLY 13% OF WOMEN WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE BREAST CANCER DURING THEIR LIFE THAT'S MORE THAN 280,000 CASES EVERY YEAR, BUT THE RISKS ARE NOT THE SAME FOR EVERYONE.
SO ACCORDING TO DATA SHARED BY THE SUSAN G KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION, WHITE WOMEN HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER AT 13% FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY BLACK WOMEN AT 12% WHO DESPITE THE SLIGHTLY LOWER DIAGNOSIS RATE HAD THE HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE OF ANY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP, HISPANIC AND ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER WOMEN HAVE A LIFETIME RISK OF 11% FOLLOWED BY NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN.
AT 8% BLACK WOMEN ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPOSED TO CARCINOGENS THAT AFFECT THEIR OVERALL BREAST HEALTH CARCINOGENIC INGREDIENTS ARE VERY PREVALENT IN SKIN LIGHTENERS, HAIR RELAXERS, AND ACRYLIC NAILS, ALL PRODUCTS AND TREATMENTS THAT ARE HEAVILY MARKETED TO BLACK WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNEQUAL.
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE HAS A HUGE EFFECT ON THE BIPAP BIPAP WOMEN, MEANING BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.
RELATIONSHIP TO BREAST CANCER IN PARTICULAR, BLACK WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
LATER ON, SINCE AS A GROUP, THEY'RE OFFERED FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCREENINGS AND EARLY INTERVENTIONS THAT COULD HALT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
THE FIVE-YEAR RELATIVE SURVIVAL RATE FOR BREAST CANCER FOR WHITE WOMEN IS 92%, BUT FOR BLACK WOMEN, IT'S ONLY 83%.
SOME OTHER COMMON CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDE AGE AT FIRST PERIOD, WEIGHT NUMBER OF CHILDBIRTH, WHETHER CHILDREN WERE BREASTFED OR NOT AGING MENOPAUSE USE OF MENOPAUSAL AND OTHER TYPES OF HORMONE THERAPY.
SOME OF THESE RISK FACTORS AFFECT BLACK WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
TODAY IS AN UNOFFICIAL SECULAR HOLIDAY OR OBSERVANCE THAT EMPHASIZES COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM.
IT HAS BEEN CELEBRATED ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF OCTOBER SINCE 1992.
DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT? DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT YES, EVERY
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YEAR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER AND PERFORM PROJECTS FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, FOR INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN ADD OUR PROJECT TO THE SERVE OHIO WEBSITE TO INCREASE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS.THERE IS ALSO A GRANT OPPORTUNITY OPENING IN MID AUGUST FOR MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY.
AND OF COURSE, I WILL BE SURE TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I'M LOOKING AT THE FLYER THAT YOU SENT OUT THAT, UH, MR. MOSLEY SENT OUT EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S THIS EVENT, IT SAYS 9:00 AM ON OCTOBER 22ND.
WE HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT IN OUR TASK GROUP.
SO DO WE HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY WE'LL BE DOING THAT DAY? WE KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME VENDORS AND THOSE VENDORS WILL BE SPECIFIC TO, UM, THINGS THAT BREAST CANCER PATIENTS OR SURVIVORS MAY WANT, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, HACKS THAT THEY CAN WEAR, YOU KNOW, CHEMO CARE PACKS, THINGS THAT THEY CAN USE OR NEED.
UM, SO WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR TASK GROUP.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AN OCTOBER, WE COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
SO MADAM CHAIR, UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.
UM, ALSO BESIDES WOMEN OF COLOR, WE SHOULD ALSO FOCUS ON MEN OF COLOR BECAUSE MEN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE ARE PRONE TO BREAST CANCER.
UM, THERE'S TWO, I THINK MOST OF US MAY KNOW THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS.
I'M ABOUT TO NAME RICHARD ROUNDTREE.
HE HAD A BREAST CANCER AND MONTEL WILLIAMS. YEAH.
SO THERE'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR MEN OF COLOR AS WELL.
ARE WE MONITOR, UM, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A MINORITY FOCUS OR, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WOMEN AS THEMSELVES CLASSIFIED, YOU KNOW, WOULD MEET THAT CLASSIFICATION? I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD HATE TO PIGEON HOLE THIS EVENT.
UM, AND I THINK SINCE WE'RE IN JULY, ARE WE ASKING FOR PEOPLE TONIGHT TO SIGN UP FOR THE TASK GROUP TO WORK ON THIS, THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS STARTED WITH THE VENDORS? AND, UM, I THINK OUR INITIAL VIEW IDEA WAS TO HAVE A LUNCHEON ALMOST, AND WE WOULD NEED PEOPLE TO WORK ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BOX LUNCH OPTION AS WELL AND STUFF.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF, OBVIOUSLY I'M PART OF ADVOCACY ANYWAY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF FOR THAT TASK GROUP FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, AS A SOCIAL WORKER, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE AND ALWAYS KIND OF PAID ATTENTION TO AND FOUND A DAY OF SERVICE.
SO I'M EXCITED FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME EDITS FOR YOUR FLYER THAT I WILL SEND YOU LATER.
I DID TELL YOU THAT, BUT I HAVE SOME EDITS AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A LUNCHEON, MAYBE WE CAN BACK THAT UP A LITTLE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR TASK GROUP.
WHAT ARE WE HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO? I'M NOT A MORNING PERSON.
I'M FULLY FUNCTIONING ABOUT 10 30.
SO THE ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS TRY TO DO, AND, AND WE GET THIS, I'M SO SORRY.
MY PHONE IS RINGING AND ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I'M IN ACCOUNTS COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT NOW.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I TOLD YOU I WAS BEHAVING TODAY.
UM, THE EDUCATION PIECE IS IMPORTANT AND I NOTICE A LOT OF THE TIMES WHEN WE SAY THE WORD BLACK OR PEOPLE OF COLOR, I NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF KICKBACK.
SO OUR LEGISLATION, UM, AND I, WE SAY THIS ALL THE TIME WE CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN GEORGE FLOYD.
AND BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COMMISSION IS TASKED WITH DOING IS ERADICATING RACISM.I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL IN OUR GENERATION.
UM, THE EDUCATION PIECE IS GOOD.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE FORUMS AND YOU HEAR THE EDUCATION AND YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS, IT HELPS YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ARE DYING BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE EARLY DETECTION.
THEY HAVE INADEQUATE HEALTH CARE.
AND IT'S NORMALLY BY THE TIME IT'S CAUGHT, IT'S TOO FAR GONE.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S REALITY, IT HAPPENED IN MY FAMILY.
DO WE WANT THIS EVENT TO FOCUS ON ALL WOMEN? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHY THERE'S SO MUCH DISPARITY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BIPAP COMMUNITY, WHY IS THERE A DISPARITY? WHY ARE THEY GETTING DIAGNOSED SO LATE? SO THE EDUCATION PIECE, WE CAN'T OVERLOOK THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THE NUMBERS OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR THEM AND BEGIN TO ASK WHY, BUT WE ARE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYBODY, BUT WE CANNOT DENY THE FACTS AND THE STATS.
SO WHEN YOU ALL HEAR THAT AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN YOUR CIRCLES, YOU NEED TO ASK THEM, HAVE YOU HAD A MAMMOGRAM, DO YOU PLAN ON GETTING ONE? HOW OLD ARE YOU? YOU BEGIN TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND HAVE THE AWARENESS.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, GO INTO YOUR CIRCLE IS GOING TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, AND ASK THE QUESTIONS.
IT'S NEVER TO BE AN EXCLUSIVE.
AND I HOPE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT RICHARD, YOUR ARMS ARE FOLDED.
BUT, UM, I HOPE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE VOLUNTEERING FOR THE TASK GROUP? RHONDA? I JUST LIKE MULTICULTURAL WEEK WHEN I HAD A PRE-PLANNED TRIP TO JAMAICA.
UM, I HAVE A PRE-PLANNED EVENT ON OCTOBER 22ND.
I'M SAYING I WILL DO IS HELP YOU, LIKE I DID THAT WEEK IS HELPING PLAN.
WE HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT DAY UP UNTIL MAYBE THREE OR SO.
I'LL BE RETREAT, BUT I CAN COME AFTER AND I CAN HELP YOU PLAN THE WHOLE THING.
AND MAN, WE WELCOME YOUR HELP COMMISSION COMMUNITY.
IF ANY OF YOU ALL WANT TO HELP WITH PLANNING, I KNOW ANDY IS NODDING THEIR HEAD, LIKE ABSOLUTELY.
AND YOU HAVE TO WEAR YOUR PEARLS AND PINK THAT'S EVEN THE MEN WE NEED.
WE, EVERYBODY HAS TO WEAR PINK AND PEARLS, EVEN THE MEN.
ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION FURTHER.
NOW WE VOTED ON THIS WAY BACK.
WHEN DID WE, OR DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT AGAIN? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO LONG AGO.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HONESTLY EVER, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THERE WAS NEVER A FINAL VOTE.
WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO, UM, GET THIS EVENT STARTED.
SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO, UM, I DUNNO WHAT I'M MAKING THE MOTION FOR, BUT MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY ON THE CALENDAR FOR PICK OUT AND PEARLS FOR THE COMMISSION AND UH, WE'LL GET TASK GROUPS ASSIGNED AND STARTED.
NO DECISIONS CAN BE MADE IN THE TASK GROUPS JUST AS A REMINDER.
AND, UM, THAT WAS NOT ABOUT NO VOTES.
KATIE, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THINGS? READ OUR DISCUSSION.
KATIE, DO WE HAVE THAT RISE VIDEO? IS IT AVAILABLE TO SHOW UP? I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH IT AND I, I CAN'T GET IT UP FOR SOME, SOMEBODY SWITCHED SOMETHING AND I CAN'T GET IT TO LOG ON.
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SO I WILL SEND IT TO YOU ALSO, YOU CAN SEE THIS VIDEO, THIS VIDEO IS JUST, IT'S SO AMAZING.I'LL SEND IT TO YOU ALL SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
SO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS GOALS AND KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2022 AND 2023.
UM, THE ONLY REASON I PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT THREE KEY INITIATIVES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THIS COMMISSION, UM, FOCUS ON AND BRING THOSE TO OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
AND AT THAT TIME WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION.
AND THEN WE WILL KIND OF LOOK AT BASED ON WHAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, WHAT OUR KEY THREE INITIATIVES WILL BE FOR 20, 23.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
DID EVERYONE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT? YES.
I THINK THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THE DOCUMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BIRAM AND CARLA, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, I DID SEE, I SAW DID YOU SEND MORE THAN THE ONES YOU SENT ME YESTERDAY? SO THAT'S THOSE.
SO IF EVERYONE COULD LOOK AT THEM, FIND THAT THEIR LAPTOP, OR DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE, OKAY.
UM, THIS DOCUMENT NEEDS TO BE TO TONY ROGERS BY TOMORROW MIDDAY.
WE MADE EDITS ON THIS ALREADY.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR COMPUTER, THE EDITS THAT ARE IN RED ARE JUST BASICALLY EDITS THAT BRIAN RECOMMENDED, BUT I THINK THE EDITS IN GREEN AND KATIE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
GREEN WAS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
SO DO WE WANT TO READ THROUGH THIS? GO AHEAD AND READ THROUGH THIS, BUT IT HAS TO BE TO TONY TOMORROW.
SO ONE THING I KNOW WE CAN TAKE OUT UNDER SECTION, WELL, LET'S LOOK AT SECTION BY SECTION.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE BRIAN WANTED US TO ADD THE PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOCUSING ON INTO, HE WANTED US TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE.
SO IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? YES.
ARE WE GOOD WITH SECTION ONE OTHER THAN THAT? YEAH.
IN JUNE, 2020, THE CITY ESTABLISHED THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION AS AN ADVISORY ENTITY TO CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION WORKS TO BETTER CONNECT, EDUCATE, AND ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON ALL MATTERS.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO SCRATCH THAT ACTS IN THE BEST INTEREST.
AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST SAY ALL MATTERS, WHICH PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO THE UNDERREPRESENTED MEMBERS OF THE CITY.
OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND FOR EXERCISE AND CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMISSION REPRESENTS.
SHOULD THAT COMMISSION IN THAT LAST SENTENCE? SHOULD THAT BE A CAPITAL C OR LOWERCASE? C IT'S CAPITAL.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT? OKAY.
THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE.
THERE LET'S ONLY LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED UNDER SECTION THREE, THE MISSION WE CAN TAKE OUT.
DO WE NEED TO TAKE OUT THE COMMITTEES SINCE, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE,
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I MEAN, WE DO STILL HAVE HEADS.WE HAVE THE HEADS OF THE GROUP STILL TECHNICALLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE MISSING, UM, REFORM AND ADVOCACY MISSION RIGHT THERE.
THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS.
I DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO POP THEM IN THERE FROM TARA.
IF YOU COULD SEND ME OUR ADVOCACY AND ERIC OR TARA, IF YOU HAVE REFORMS, IF YOU COULD SEND THAT OR PUT IT IN THE DOCUMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND IT TO ME.
I DUNNO WHAT I DID TUESDAY, LITTLE, TWO YEARS AGO, I'LL FIND IT.
AND TARA, IF, IF YOU WANT TO GET REFORM, I CAN PROBABLY FIND ADVOCACY.
I'M SURE I CAN FIND HER FORM DECEMBER 3RD.
IT HAS THOSE CORRECTIONS ALREADY INCORPORATED.
I THINK THIS WAS LAUGHED AT EDIT AND IT WAS, I JUST HAD TO PRINT IT OFF BECAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO MAKE MY ALRIGHT.
SO IF WE LOOK AT EDUCATION COMMITTEE, THE MISSION OF THE COMMISSION'S EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS TO UNIFY THE CITIZENS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
COMPREHEND ANY APPRECIATING CULTURE AND DIVERSITY, EVEN A COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC FORUMS, EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS.
SO WE WANT QUARTERLY AND THERE ARE NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY REALLY HAVEN'T BEEN HAVING YEAH.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T HONESTLY BEEN DOING QUARTERLY PER SE.
SO YES, I LIKED THAT BECAUSE THE YEAR OF IT.
PUBLIC FORUMS. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT TO A LOWERCASE F AND LOWER CASE E EDUCATIONAL LOWERCASE AS SEMINARS, AND THEN UNDER ONLINE.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO ADD, TO CONNECT THE COMMISSION, CHANGE LOWERCASE C AND COMMUNITY CHANGE TO CAPITAL C AND COMMISSION.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THOSE CHANGES? YEAH.
I CAN SEE, I CAN SEE THE CHANGES.
THEY'RE JUST, IT'S JUST SHOWING WHAT THEY ARE, IS ALREADY CHANGED ON YOUR DOCUMENT.
BUT THAT'S IN THE RED, YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER TOO, BUT YES.
DO YOU SEE THE, YOU DON'T SEE ADVOCACY AND REFORMS? NO.
SO UNDER SECTION FOUR, WE'RE GOOD THERE.
SECTION FIVE, JUST NEED TO MAKE AN EDIT TO COMMISSION TO A CAPITAL C UM, UNDER SECTION SIX DELIVERABLES LOOKS LIKE UNDER B.
WE NEED TO CHANGE CAPITAL ESSENCE SCHOOL TO LOWERCASE S CHANGE CAPITAL D TO A LOWER CASE.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL DATA MAY BE COLLECTED, CONDUCTING COMMUNITY FORUMS THERE.
UM, MADAM VICE CHAIR UNDER ITEM SIX POINT DELIVERABLES.
NUMBER ONE, YOU SEE WHERE DIVERSITY IS? NOT ALL IN CAPS, BUT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS RIGHT.
UH, UNDER C ITEM ONE, AND THEN LOOKING AT C INCLUDING SPANISH AND TURKISH UNDER D CUSTOMER STAFF AND COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE EXISTENCE AND IMPACTS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OF THE OUT.
AND THEN E AND AN IN DEPTH EXPLANATION
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AND ANALYSIS.ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES ON THIS PAGE? ALL RIGHT.
PAGE FIVE, LOOKING AT H UM, FRED ON YOUR PAGE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATIONS IS NOT THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS ALL THESE CORRECTIONS OVER MADE, BUT THEN SOMEONE MUST HAVE INCORPORATED THOSE CHANGES OR TRY AND VISIT A LINEAR DOCUMENT THAN WHAT YOU HAVE.
AND THEY'RE ALREADY INCORPORATED IN.
CAN YOU SEND THAT BACK TO THE GROUP? THANK YOU.
IF EVERYBODY CAN EVERYBODY SEE IT THOUGH? UH, BY PAGE FIVE, BECAUSE THIS HAS THE CHANGES.
IT'S JUST, I PRINTED IT OUT PROBABLY BEFORE I SAW THE ACCEPTED.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW ON PAGE FIVE, IF UNDER AGE, IF YOUR FIRST, THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS THE CONTRACTOR.
SO YOU SEE THE CONTRACT ARE UTILIZING THE INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH ITS DATA AND INFORMATION GATHERING EFFORTS SHALL IDENTIFY PROGRAMS AND NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE WHETHER REAL OR PERCEIVED NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC AND OR INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM AND OUR CULTURAL BIASES.
THIS EXERCISE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO FORECAST AND IDENTIFY FUTURE PROGRAM AND NEED TRENDS.
AND THAT THE LAST SENTENCE, RIGHT? NO, IT GOES, THE AGE HAS ACTUALLY IN THE WRONG PLACE.
SO IT GOES ON FROM THERE TO THE NEXT, UM, THE GAP ANALYSIS SHOULD PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THAT SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE LAST SENTENCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
SO THE GAP ANALYSIS SHOULD PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
THE CITY SHOULD ADDRESS BECAUSE OF RESEARCH.
THAT SHOULD BE THE LAST SENTENCE FOR AGE.
IS THAT CORRECT? IF THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS CROSSED OUT THERE.
SO UNDER TWO, NOTHING THERE UNDER THREE, A WE'RE PERFORMANCE MEASURES IS IN, UM, PARENTHESES.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD, TO ASSIST IN REACHING AND SUPPORTING DESIRED OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES AND WHERE IT SAYS DEVELOP GOALS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT OUTCOMES, OBJECTIVES.
AND SO IT'LL SAY DEVELOP GOALS AND COMMUNITY INDICATORS IN PARENTHESES PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO ASSIST IN REACHING AND SUPPORTING DESIRED OUTCOMES IN OBJECT OUT DESIRE.
OUTCOME IS THAT SHOULD BE OUTCOMES, SHOULDN'T IT? YES.
AND OBJECTIVES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR SUCCESS.
PAGE SIX, THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXTERNAL STRATEGY, AS WELL AS BY BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE PLAN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR SI CAPACITY BUILDING THE CONSULTANT MAY PROVIDE TRAINING WORKSHOPS FOR STAFF MEMBERS.
THAT'S A LOWER CASE M IN CITY LOWER CASE L FOR LEADERSHIP.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT ON THE FOLLOWING TOPIC, HOW TO INTEGRATE A RACIAL EQUITY LENS INTO YOUR TEAM'S DAILY WORKFLOW.
FOR D WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE OUT WRITTEN DOCUMENTS AND TRAINING MATERIALS.
THEY'RE UNDER SEVEN SUBMISSION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA.
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GOING TO MAKE SOME EDITS THERE.CAPITAL R FOR REQUIREMENTS, CAPITAL CAPITAL EFFORT FORMAT.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ALL ON PAGE SIX.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE G RHONDA, DO YOU HAVE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FROM NUMBER SEVEN? AND YOU SAID SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS IN FORMAT.
DID YOU SEE THE GREEN, ALL THEIR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMPANY, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE CONTINUE WITH THE, OKAY.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS, FORMAT, CHANGING THE LOWERCASE R TO CAPITOL.
DOES F LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, DOES IT HAVE A PERIOD AFTER ON YOURS? IT DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ON MINE.
WHAT IS YOUR F F SET? SO SEVEN ONE F LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, RANDOM PERIOD.
AND ALSO ON THAT SAME PAGE WHERE IT SAYS EXPERIENCE AND REFERENCES UNDERNEATH IT, THERE'S AN F I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S CLASSIFIED OR CATEGORIZED AS THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GLAD YOU'RE SITTING ON THAT SIDE.
ARE YOU GUYS PROUD OF US? OKAY.
THEY'RE MUCH MORE ENTERTAINING.
SO ON PAGE EIGHT, WE READY FOR PAGE EIGHT.
I'LL PAGE EIGHT UNDER SECTION EIGHT.
ARE WE GETTING OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE SECTION EIGHT IS SELECTION, PROCESS AND TIMING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ALL SEE? THOSE DATES? WE JUST GOT TWO BEHIND EVERYTHING.
AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, BRIAN, WHATEVER.
CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'LL ISSUE IT.
WE CAN JUST LET HIM DO THAT PART CHANGE DATES.
AND THEN, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN, AS, HOW SOON DO WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SELECT A PROVIDER? AS SOON AS WE'RE READY, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING IN AUGUST.
SO SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER, MAYBE OCTOBER CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL CITY COUNCIL APPROVE IT.
THEN THEY'LL PUT IT OUT FOR REQUESTS.
BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, WE DO JULY, JULY, AUGUST, MAYBE SEPTEMBER.
SO WHAT DATES IN THERE? SO WE'LL SAY JULY, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
SO SEPTEMBER 20, 20, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
DOES THAT SOUND REALISTIC FOR THE SELECTION OF PROVIDER BY SICK? SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022, THE WIRE.
SO THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS SAYS PAGE NINE OF EIGHT, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT THAT PAGE IS FINE.
SO THIS LAST STATEMENT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS HOW WE WANT TO SAY THIS MINORITY OWNED WOMEN OWNED AND EMERGING, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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THAT IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE WANT THAT TO SAY, OKAY, I THINK IT SHOULD BE LOWERCASE SENATE BECAUSE THIS WOMAN OWNED HAS A CAPITAL O I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A LOWER CASE.YOU JUST TRIGGERED MY PTSD IS I HATE AN APA.
SO, I MEAN, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE, WHAT
I CAN EMAIL IT BACK OUT RIGHT NOW.
SO ANYTHING, ANYTHING OVER 10 SHOULD BE NUMERICAL, RIGHT? ANYTHING UNDER 10 SHOULD BE WRITTEN OVER RIGHT OVER 10.
ANYTHING UNDER NO, BUT THAT'S STUFF THAT MATTERS.
DO WE WANT TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF? CAUSE BRIAN WILL DO IT WILL COMMENT SUCH AS COLON SEMI.
YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN I SAW HIS CORRECTIONS, I WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, OKAY.
WELL I THINK MY LOWEST DOWN THEN BRIAN WILL JUST TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE GUY FOR IT.
SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CC, ARE B, ARE WE DISCUSSING, WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BIG, THESE WERE EXISTING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE COUNCIL IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO GET THIS DONE TONIGHT.
SO THIS CAN BE ON TONY ROGER'S DESK TOMORROW.
SO IT CAN BE ON THE WORK SESSION AGENDA FOR JULY 19TH.
UH, ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE CCRB.
THIS WILL ALSO BE ON THE NEXT WORST SESSION AGENDA FOR SEVEN 19.
UM, I AM ASKING THAT WE HAVE A TASK GROUP TO FINALIZE THE STRUCTURE, MEMBERSHIP AND PROCEDURE FOR HOW THE CCRB WILL WORK FROM THE TIME OF COMPLAINT UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION.
SO MEMBERS HAVE REFORMED, SINCE YOU ALL HAVE PRIVY TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE CCRB DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE, ERIC ACTUALLY SENT OUT SOMETHING TO CITY COUNTS.
SO I THINK IT WAS FEBRUARY THE 18TH IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY.
UM, BUT ALSO, AND I MAKE COPIES OF THESE.
I JUST, ONE THING REAL QUICK, UM, FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING, BRIAN UPDATED ME AS FAR AS, UH, HE'S GOING TO BE, I THINK ALREADY AN EMAIL WENT OUT TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE REFORM COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THEM TO KIND OF WORK ON THIS.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AND THEN THAT WILL BE TAKEN.
YOU HAVE AN INVITE TO FIGURE OUT TIMES THAT WE CAN ALL OKAY.
UM, RHONDA TO THAT POINT RESPECTFULLY, UM, I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE
BUT SINCE WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR,
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YOU KNOW, THE CITY TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANTED TO RUN THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT, REVIEW BOARD AND HOW THEY WANTED TO HAVE THAT SET UP.SO WE'LL LOOK BACK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AND, AND WHAT WE HAD KIND OF THOUGHT HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
UM, I KNOW, UH, MAYOR BOAR'S COMMENT WAS IN THE BEGINNING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET THAT NEED.
AND I WANTED TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT THE REASON THAT WE BACKED OFF OF THAT IS, UM, WE'RE COMPROMISED WHEN WE ARE DOING WHAT WE DO ON THIS DIET.
AND SO THE ASK FROM THE NAACP WAS AN INDEPENDENT DULY ELECTED GROUP OF PEOPLE TO SERVE ON THAT GROUP OR ON THAT, THAT, UH, BOARD, UM, WHERE ONE OF US, AS WELL AS A POLICE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD ALSO MAYBE SIT ON THAT BOARD OR OUR EX FACTO MEMBER OF THE NAACP, UM, WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD CANDIDATE, BUT YOUTH THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION, UM, THE REASON THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE IS JUST THAT WE ARE NOT OBJECTIVE ENOUGH FOR THESE ISSUES AND FOR THESE THINGS, FOR US TO DO THAT AND TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE AND NOT DO A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION VERY EARLY ON, UM, IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE CANNOT SERVE AS THAT CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD IN THAT CAPACITY AND STILL SERVE THE PURPOSE OF THAT BOARD.
IT IS TO BE, YOU KNOW, NOT HANDS IN THE POT AND, AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR HANDS IN THESE POTS.
SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD, IT WAS NEVER, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MAYBE SET OUT LOUD BETWEEN THESE DISCUSSIONS, HOW WE PULLED THAT BACK, THAT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE US AND THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE TO MEET ANOTHER NAME FOR THAT WAS A NEED.
SO I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I WANT YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR MEETING IS GOING BACK TO THAT EIGHT POINT INITIATIVE, THE KEY WORD, INDEPENDENT, THIS CANNOT BE A COMMITTEE THAT'S TIED TO THE CITY, OR IT WILL NOT WORK.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE PUSHBACK HAS COME BECAUSE IF THE CITY CONTROLS IT, THEN IT DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT BEING A CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD.
UM, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER SOMEONE FROM THE ACL.
YOU, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE POLICE OR THE POLICE CHIEF OR DESIGNEE.
UM, YOU LOOK AT THE WIDE WCA BECAUSE THEIR MISSION IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR MISSION IN ADVANCING EQUITY, INCLUSION, DIVERSITY.
WE NEED TO INVOLVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS BECAUSE OF THE OPTICS OF NOT.
AND I TALK ABOUT OPTICS ALL THE TIME, BUT THE OPTICS OF NOT HAVING COMMUNITY PARTNERS MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE DIVERSITY ABOUT, SO WE NEED PEOPLE FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
SO AS YOU ALL HAVE THESE MEETINGS, THINK ABOUT WHO WERE THE KEY PLAYERS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SITTING AT THE TABLE.
WE CAN'T OVERLOOK THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE.
SO SOMEBODY FROM, UM, IN AMI, UM, SOMEONE FROM JOBS AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PIECE.
SO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE PLAYERS AS YOU BEGAN TO PUT YOUR MEMBERSHIP BOARD TOGETHER, BECAUSE THIS CANNOT BE A, ANOTHER, UM, CONTROLLED ORGANIZATION B OR WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT DO IT.
WE NEED A MEMBER OF COUNCIL POSSIBLY TO SIT ON THAT BOARD, BUT COUNCIL SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSIGHT FOR THAT BOARD, OR THERE'S NO POINT IN AVENUE.
THOSE ARE JUST MY LITTLE THOUGHTS.
SO THAT'S AN UPDATE ON CCRB CITY MANAGER SEARCH.
WE DID PUT A RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO COUNCIL.
WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL THAT THE CITY MANAGER PROCESS SHOULD BE RESTARTED BECAUSE OF THE APPARENT BIAS.
UM, TO THIS POINT, THAT PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN RESTARTED.
I DO THANK COUNCILMAN OTTO FOR PUBLICLY STATING THAT HE THOUGHT THAT COUNSEL SHOULD TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR COMMISSION AND RESTART THAT PROCESS.
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I DO BELIEVE IN PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON MONDAY.ARE WE VOTING ON CANDIDATE OR DO WE KNOW YET? IS THAT ON THE AGENDA? DO WE KNOW HOW IT HAS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT AT THIS TIME? OKAY.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS STILL OUT THERE.
SO JUST KNOW THAT, UM, ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE ON A FEW OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK IN JULY, 2021 TO GATHER EEO DATA AND APPLICANT PROCESSING TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT HUBER HEIGHTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT RECOMMENDATION AND I KNOW COUNCIL IS IN RECEIPT OF THAT.
SO THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE.
UM, ALSO ADOPTION OF A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS OF THE QUARTER.
THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE THAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK ON.
AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE SOME FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FROM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE BACK IN FEBRUARY, 2021, UM, A PROCLAMATION RECOGNITION AND OBSERVANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
UM, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER OPENING MEETINGS WITH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
WE RECOMMENDED STAFF LEADERSHIP BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, DIVERSITY TRAINING, ALL CITY LEADERSHIP, STAFF BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS ATTEND REQUIRED ANNUAL DIVERSITY EDUCATION TRAINING.
AND THEN WE ALSO RECOMMENDED REVISING THE HUBER HEIGHTS WEBSITE, UH, FROM A DIVERSITY EQUITY LENS.
SO THOSE WERE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS.
YOU HAVE HABITS IN YOUR POSSESSION.
AND THIS, THE, UH, THE WEBSITE PIECE IS CURRENTLY BEING RESEARCHED.
I BELIEVE THE STAFF WAS WORKING ON A COMPANY TO OVERHAUL THE WEBSITE.
THERE'S BEEN A CONTRACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL TO START MOVING PICTURES AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MYSELF AND A FEW OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES PUSHED ON THE AGENDA.
NO, HIRE SOMEBODY TO GO OUT, TAKE PICTURES AND THEN UPDATE THE WEBSITE.
IS THAT WHAT THERE IS? IF THERE IS A COMBINATION OF THINGS BECAUSE THE WEBSITE ITSELF WAS THE APP, UM, THERE'S ALSO CONVERSATIONS GOING ON, BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
NO, I DON'T KNOW IF KATIE CAN SPEAK TO THAT, NOT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THE EEO WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND DO THAT.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT ANONYMOUS.
SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD ON TO THAT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOLANDA CAN DEFINITELY HELP YOU WITH.
UM, WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A HOST OF EXPERIENCE SO THAT I HAVE A, I HAVE A TEMPLATE ALREADY SET.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, I GOT TO WORK WITH IT AND, AND IF THEY WANT TO SUBMIT IT WITH THEIR APPLICATION, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BECAUSE IT'S VOLUNTARY, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE.
SO IF I CAN PROVIDE A WAY TO HAVE IT ANONYMOUS, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
CAUSE WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO BE DEFINITELY COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST STANDARD ANYMORE.
COMPANIES COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND IT HELPS US, IT HELPS US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT AND THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE WE'RE BEING DIVERSE, THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR STAFFING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED THAT WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME.
SO TO THE QUESTION TO GET THAT DONE, WE'RE NOT USING PAPER APPLICATIONS ONLY.
IF PEOPLE JUST DON'T DETERMINE, UM, WE DO EVERYTHING ONLINE, YOU CAN SUBMIT IT ONLINE.
SO IF I CAN, IF I CAN SEPARATE THE TWO WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT IT ONLINE WITHOUT HAVING THEIR ADDRESS, IS THERE A WAY WHERE, UH, WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THE APPLICATION ON LINCOLN BRIEF PROVIDED WHERE IT SAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION, CLICK HERE FOR, UH, UH, WHATEVER THE VOLUNTARY INFORMATION WAS GOING TO BE.
BUT WE STILL SEE WHO IT'S FROM.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICATIONS WOULD NOT GO TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE, LIKE THE ONES WHO ARE SCREENING THE APPLICATIONS, THEY WOULD BE SEPARATED OUT.
SO WE WOULD JUST EITHER DO IT THAT WAY.
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PROVIDE THEM AN EXTRA LINK, THEN THAT LINK CAN, ONCE IT GETS TO THE DESTINATION, NOT NECESSARILY NOT, NOT IF YOU'RE TELLING THEM TO GO TO ANOTHER WEBSITE AND YOU ARE NOT TRACKING URLS, THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT.AND THEN DISSEMINATE TO YOU IN THE DIVERSITY OF TRAINING, I AM WORKING WITH, UM, PREMIER HEALTH.
THEY HAVE THEIR DIVERSITY INCLUSION PEOPLE.
WE ARE WORKING ON THEM GETTING IN, IN TO GET EVERYONE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SCHEDULING.
RIGHT? THE LIVE TRAINING LIVE, NOT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING.
SO WE DID SOME DEESCALATION TRAINING WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY CAME IN, UM, SO WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO FACE TO FACE, WHICH IS NICE.
UM, AND THEN IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT ALL BOARDS NEED TO GO THROUGH DIVERSITY AND INEQUITY TRAINING BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT BOARDS YOU'RE SITTING ON, YOU STILL SHOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE KNOW THAT EVENTS ARE BEING PLANNED WITH ALL PEOPLE IN MIND.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PLANNING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE BIAS TOWARDS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS, BUT NOT OTHERS? SO WE IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND SOMEONE SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T MAKE VOLUNTEERS.
IF YOU WANT TO SIT ON THIS BOARD OR THIS COMMISSION, THIS IS REQUIRED, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO TAKE IT OR NOT.
IT'S YOUR CHOICE, BUT THE CITY ABSOLUTELY CAN.
I'VE NEVER AS A VOLUNTEER, BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION TO NOT TAKE DIVERSITY TRAINING.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT SEEING THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE EITHER ARE A PART OF THE SOLUTION OR THEY'RE A PART OF THE PROBLEM.
AND THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS, THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO WE REALLY NEED YOU ALL'S SUPPORT ON THAT INITIATIVE.
I'LL GET YOU AND I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE TRAINING ABOUT NATURE THERE, AN ATTORNEY AVAILABLE THAT, UM, AS A, AS A NEW COUNSELOR, YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE WEEK TO GET A NATIONAL GEO CITIES.
I KNOW WHEN, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN I SERVED, WHICH WAS A VERY DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT I'LL DO NEXT YEAR, AGAIN, UH, THEIR WHEEL COMMITTEE, UM, THERE, THEY HAVE THOSE TYPES OF EDUCATION THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, THERE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US THAT WE CAN GO IN AND GET THAT, BUT YOU SEE RECORD OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
AND DO YOU NORMALLY TAKE THAT, I KNOW THESE REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE TO TAKE MAYBE WHAT ONCE A YEAR.
SO IT WAS THAT ONE TIME AND SEE, SO YOU INSURANCE.
SO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT EVERY WEEK.
I THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MORE CONDUCIVE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF A TRAINING EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, BECAUSE THINGS WILL CHANGE.
YOU CONTINUE TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF, UM, DNI.
ACTUALLY GOT A QUESTION FOR THEM OR A TRAINING, LIKE A SUNSHINE READING THAT YOU GLASSY AND HAVE TOLD ME GO TO, BUT I MEAN, THAT WOULD SUNSHINE, HOPEFULLY
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, TO JUST MAKE IT A PART OF WHAT YOU DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, JUST LIKE I HAVE TO TAKE AND, AND, UH, ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AMAZING, YOU KNOW, ANTICS.
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AT BYPASS AIR FORCE BASE.AND EVER SINCE, WE'LL SAY TWO YEARS AGO, THAT HAS BEEN A REQUIREMENT IN TERMS OF OUR ANIMAL TRAINING IS TO HAVE D AND I TRAINING.
SO IT JUST, IT JUST IS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SAY THAT.
SO, I MEAN, THAT MAY JUST BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE JUST NEED TO ADOPT AS A CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER PAGE, STAFF CONS, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO CAUSE I'M WILL TELL YOU, EVEN NOW I'M SEEING COMPANIES ARE DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A CONTRACTOR WITH MY, WITH MY COMPANY, I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THESE ARE THE VALUES THAT WE EMBRACE, YOU KNOW? YES.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN I ATTENDED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, I SAT INTO A, UM, SYMPOSIUM ABOUT, UM, RACISM INCLUSION.
AND WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN THE, WHEN THEY PUT OUT AN RFP, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A SCORING SHEET.
THEY DON'T HAVE THAT HERE, BUT THEY HAD A SCORING SHEET.
AND IF YOU ARE IN THE MINORITY, JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, IF YOU'RE A MINORITY, IF YOU'RE A WOMAN, IF YOU'RE AFRICAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY GOT TAX INCENTIVES, TAX CREDITS FOR HIRING VENDORS WHO WERE ABOUT MINORITY, SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCES, THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE REST OF US HAVE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S VERY, VERY VALID, UH, POINTS IN AN OPINIONS.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S NOT JUST DONE HERE.
IT'S DONE IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY MIGHT WANT TO JUMP ON AND, UM, STAND YOUR GROUND, PLEASE STAND AROUND.
AND I THINK BRIAN MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A BLIND SCORING AND THEY WERE GOING TO STOP USING THE BLIND SCORING PROCESS.
SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT IS IN THE, IN THE PROCESS, KATIE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE, THERE IS A SCORING SHEET AND THAT WE ARE GIVING CREDIT FOR MINORITIES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE VETERANS OR WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
WE WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN A COUNCIL MEETING RECENTLY BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO CALL ANYBODY'S NAME OUT, BUT SOMEONE ASKS, WELL, DOES THAT MEAN IF, UM, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT, DOES THAT MEAN YOU WOULDN'T ACCEPT SOMEBODY THAT WASN'T A MINORITY AND SEE IT'S STATEMENTS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT TO STOP MAKING.
THAT'S A FRAGILE STATEMENT WHEN YOU HEAR THAT THAT'S BEING FRAGILE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING WE DON'T WANT NONMINORITY CONTRACTORS.
WE'RE SAYING WE WANT MINORITY CONTRACTORS TO BE INCLUDED.
AND IT'S NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME THING, BUT WE ACT TO BE OKAY WITH SAYING WE HAVEN'T DONE A GREAT JOB ABOUT INCLUDING MINORITIES AS A CITY.
WE JUST HAVEN'T AND WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER.
AND THAT HAS TO BE IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY.
AND AS COUNCIL PEOPLE, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS.
HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HIRING MINORITY CONTRACTORS? WHAT'S WHAT'S THE STAFFING LOOK LIKE? IS IT MORE DIVERSE? DO WE NEED TO DO SOME DIFFERENT RECRUITING STRATEGY, ASK QUESTIONS? BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY WE GET BETTER AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A GOVERNMENT IS WHEN WE'RE UNCOMFORTABLE, COMFORTABLE ASKING THE UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTION.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL UPDATES ON RECOMMENDATIONS.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS NEW BUSINESS COUNCIL HAS ASKED, UM, FOR A JOINT MEETING WITH US THAT IS AFTER THE JULY LINE 19TH WORK SESSION.
AND SO THIS AUGUST 4TH DATE IS THE DATE THAT I WAS ASKED TO CHECK ON.
SINCE WE'RE NOT MEETING AS A COMMISSION IN AUGUST, TONY SAID THIS WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD DAY TO MEET WITH COUNCIL AS A JOINT
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BODY.SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FOURTH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO MADAM VICE CHAIR, IS THIS THE NEW DATE IN PLACE OF THE JULY 19TH DAY? NO.
SO THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO, SO THE 19TH WILL JUST BE A WORK SESSION.
SO WE, WE WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO REALLY ASK QUESTIONS DURING A WORK SESSION.
WE'LL JUST BE THERE TO LISTEN IN.
AND LIKE WITH US TARA, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY MAY ASK US QUESTIONS, BUT THIS WILL ACTUALLY BE A SESSION MUCH LIKE THIS, WHERE WE CAN HAVE FEEDBACK AND TALK TO EACH OTHER ON THE FOURTH.
SO TONY NEEDS TO KNOW IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE SO THAT HE CAN PUT THE WORD OUT AND GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF NOTICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ANY, YOU WOULD PROVIDE INPUT ON VOCATIONAL REFERENCE BECAUSE I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO BE SITTING UP THERE WITH OTHER SITTING DOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH THIS.
CAN WE DO THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE SCHOOL CHALLENGE? YEAH.
THEY NEED TO HAVE, CAUSE WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST FORUM THERE LAST JULY AND YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN ADVANCE AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COPY OF, UM, OUR VIABILITY CITIES, LIABILITY INSURANCE ON FILE.
SO THAT'S JUST TOO TAXING TO, WELL, WE DO A LOT OF MEETINGS AT THE POLICE DIVISION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, WE EVEN HAD THE FINANCIAL COUNSEL WENT US.
IT MIGHT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE JUST, I MEAN, WE HOLD OUR REFORM MEETINGS.
YEAH, MY COUNCIL AND US WELL, BUT IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THOUGH.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF CAMERAS AS WELL.
WE CAN'T HAVE A CAMERA IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
WHY WOULD WE, THIS MEETING HAS TO BE HERE.
CAN WE JUST GET CLARITY ON THAT FOR US PLEASE? BECAUSE I DON'T MEAN TO BE WE'RE ALREADY AT LIKE TWO HOURS AND 15 MINUTES, THESE DETAILS.
YOU GUYS GOOD FOR THE FOURTH? I MAY NOT BE.
UM, AND THEN COUNSEL, IF YOU COULD JUST CHECK YOUR SCHEDULES TO YES.
AND THAT WAS WHEN I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.
CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING ON JULY NIGHT TAPE.
NOW THAT JUST BE A WORD SESSION AND THEY'RE JUST DISCUSSING THE GC BECAUSE THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY, THE WORK SESSION.
SO THINGS ARE BEING FURTHER PUSHED TO THE RIGHT.
SO THIS AUGUST 4TH DATE IS NOT IN STONE YET.
TONY WANTED ME TO GET US ON BOARD FIRST, BEFORE HE PUSHES IT OUT TO YOU ALL.
BUT SINCE YOUR EAR, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP AND MISS SOMEONE REAL QUICK.
SO JULY 19TH WORK SESSION WILL BE THE REVIEW BOARD DISCUSSION BECAUSE YOUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT GOING ON MONDAY NIGHT FOR APPROVAL.
SO THEY'LL JUST BE CCRB ON THE 19TH.
I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED BOTH, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHY THE URGENCY ABOUT, SO IT'S JUST THE CCRB DISCUSSION.
WE PROBABLY JUST NEED ERIC, ERIC OR MYSELF WITH SOMEBODY ELSE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I PLAN ON CON I PLAN ON COMMON ANYWAY, BUT YOU ALL JUST
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LET ME KNOW WHAT THE TIMING IS.UM, I'M SURE YOU ALONDA WILL PROBABLY WANT TO BE THERE.
WE HAVE A CORN FOR THE, FOR THE MEETING THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH BRIAN, THAT MEETING THIS.
OH YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO MEET WITH THE REFORM COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO THE REASON I HAD THIS ON HERE TWICE IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP CAME OUT OF THE MEETING WITH COUNCIL THE OTHER DAY WAS STRUCTURE.
UM, AND I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU ARE MEETING WITH BRIAN.
UM, PLEASE DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ABOUT THE STRUCTURE.
I'M I DID NOTE QUANTIFIED GOVERNMENTAL.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THEY DO HAVE OPERATIONAL AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE.
SO IF WE WERE TO GO WITH A QUASI GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME FUNDING FROM THE CITY, THE CITY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY OPERATIONAL OR POLITICAL INFLUENCE OVER THAT BOARD.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS IT BEING TOTALLY INDEPENDENT ALTOGETHER, JUST THAT GROUP ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN 5 0 1 C3 AND DOING IT THAT WAY, WHICH WOULD MEAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH US.
OTHER THAN WE MAY HAVE A MEMBER SITTING ON THE BOARD AND, UM, HAVING THE WIDE WCA SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSIGHT WAS AN OPTION.
I KNOW I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE POINTS ARE PUT DOWN.
THE OTHER THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE ADVISORY.
THE CCRB COULD BE AN ADVISORY BOARD, MUCH LIKE THE PERSONAL APPEALS BOARD.
NOW THAT'S CITY CITY, AS WE, I THINK WE DON'T WANT THAT, BUT I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THERE? OKAY.
ANY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY NEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NEED TO BRING FORWARD? NO.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG THE MLK UNITY WALK DAY OF SERVICE, 2023 IS JANUARY 16TH, 2023.
SO BECAUSE WE ARE SIX MONTHS OUT FROM THE FOURTH ANNUAL MLK UNITY.
WELL, I AM ASKING ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THIS TASK GROUP TO PLEASE REACH OUT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS ANNUAL EVENT, A MEANINGFUL DAY OF SERVICE AND CONTINUE FOR IT WITH OUR UNITY WALK, BRINGING PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON THIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS EVENT.
I WOULD SURE HATE IF WE DIDN'T.
UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, I KNOW JANE WAS TALKING ABOUT DOING MORE OF A DAY OF SERVICE AND, UM, I GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S COLD, SOME PEOPLE ENJOY THE WALK.
SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO COME TO THE PROGRAM.
SOME PEOPLE WOULD REALLY LOVE THE SERVICE.
SO LET'S MAKE IT ALL AVAILABLE FOR THE UNITY WALL.
WE HAVE TO FLESH THAT OUT IN OUR TASK GROUP.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST, LET'S GET A VOTE ON IT.
AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS MORE DETAILS IN OUR TASK GROUP.
SO KATIE, WOULD YOU CALL A ROLE FOR ME BETWEEN EMOTION AND EMOTION? IS THERE A MOTION? YES.
MADAM VICE CHAIR I'M UM, THAT THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE THAT VARSITY SAYS IS ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED START ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE GROUP TO START PLANS FOR THE 2023 MLK UNT WALK, DAN OF SERVICE CELEBRATION.
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ALL RIGHT.IT HAS BEEN SO MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE WILL BEGIN THE PLANNING FOR OUR FOURTH ANNUAL MLK UNITY WALK, DANCE SERVICE.
KATIE, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? YEAH.
IF SOMEONE YES, YES, YES, YES.
SO, UH, THAT PASSES, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022.
THAT'S OUR FULL COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW, WHEN IS LABOR DAY? OKAY.
SO YEAH, I'LL TAKE YOU OUT VACATION BETWEEN DON'T EVEN START IT.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR NOBODY SAYING I'M ALL STILL ON LABOR DAY VACATION.
YOU TAKE YOUR VACATION, GET BACK HERE FOR THAT MEETING AND I'D BE HERE FOR THE MEETING.
SO I'M A NEW YORK FOR GIRLS TRIP TO SATURDAY.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT WILL BE AT OUR COMMISSION MEETING.
I WILL SEE YOU ALL ON SEPTEMBER.
THE FIRST THIS MEETING, IT IS NINE 19.